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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-01-31

their guns, the latter were robbed of their
valuables by Hamilton, who escaped into the
mountains
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-10-12

IMPRovEMENrs.-Mr. John Hogg
is charging and remodeling the
house he recently purchased in the
extension.
DIR. Campbell is building an addi-
ton to his residence.
w. FL. Howard, has moved the
house formerly occupied by Prof.
Kenny and has fitted it up as res
dence for himself.
Joe Lincoln, colored, is building
a residence in the lower end of the
city.
Wellington Eastman is erecting a
dwelling in the extension.
w. B. Cable is charging the ware
room adjoining his store.
Andrew Wilson has added another
story, and otherwise improved his
dwelling house, over in Henderson.
John l.. Written, Esq, has pur-
chased lot in the Extension and
will build as soon as he can get the
material.
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EAST WAoaENER IrEMs-Aaronl


EAST WAGaENER IrEMs.-Aaron
Fry owned a good horse that died
last week This is considerable
loss to Mr.. Fry.
Thos. G. Hogg is teaching the
schoolea Locust Grove
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Lewis were
visiting relatives at Flat Rock, on
last Saturday and Sunday.
S. J. Bumgarner and family have
moved to w. H. Towards property
in this vicinity.
Lincoln Yeager is teaching the
Gibbs school.
Charley Shank and family, of
Ironton, Ohio, have been visiting
relatives and friends in this section.
The Locust Grove Union Sunday
School closed on last Sunday, the I'd
inst. This year it has been one of
the very best S. SIS that the writer
ever attended. 1t so happened that
all the teachers were school teachers
of good deal of experience, and
also professors of religion. How
ever, the success of the school, in a
large measure, was due the faithful
ness and efficiency of the Superin-
tendents, Francis Lewis and Jona-
than Pullin.
Dan Van Matre, of Pleasant Flats,
is quite an ingenious mechanic. He
has substantial and very conven-
lent house, which was built by him
self, and upon his own plan. AT a
distance of 800 feet from the house,
and descent of 25 feet, is a perma-
nent and excellent spring, from
which there is a constant flow of
water through pipes to the kitchen,
kept up by the use of the Hydraulic
Ram. 1t will be far more interest
ing for the reader to go and see for
himself, than to read this item. The
writer has been there.
ScIPIo.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-10-12

The outlook for the winter is not
encouraging for the farmer and
people in this locality. The scarcity
of vegetables and agricultural pro-
ducts generally means very high
prices for these imported articles.
Apples already are costly luxury
and potatoes are held at fancy fig
ures. And so with other fruits and
vegetables that are part of the nee
essaries of life. On the contrary,
wheat is low and so the farmer can
not with wheat recover his
losses on the crops. There are hard
times ahead in the country this
winter.
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FinaI Noilee.

A LLelainns due the late firm If prs.
n Barbee & Stone, not prouilitiy ,ai,i
by the 10Th day oF September, 1881, will
be placed in the hands OF Rankin WiIey.
r., Attorney-at-law, for immediate col.
lection.
a y claims of the late firm of Drs. Bar
be q Frayel, as well as the undersigned,
BOT promptly paid by the 18th day OF
september, 1887, viii be placed In the
and Justice of the peace, for immediate
collection Up until September 18th.
1887, the claims Of the several late firms
may be found at the office of the undef4
signed; after that date, viii be found in
the hands Ofthe above named attorneys.
ANDREW r. BARBEE, ~ d.
Point Pleasant. W. Va, Aug. g, 81.
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,
PERSON Mrs. ]. Il. Crum, of
sandyville, jackson county, and
Mrs. W c. Van Matre, of Washing
ton d. g., were visiting relatives in
this place, last week.
DR.. T. P. Carpenter, of Poca, and
Capt John K Thompson, of Ray
mond City, were among the callers
at this Office, this week.
Maj. a. b. Bennett, of Huntington,
dropped into our sanctum, Monday
morning.
Mr.. James S. Atkinson, of Char
lesion, brother typo, and Grand
Representative to X. of p, called to
see us Monday, on his way to
Clarksburg.
Miss Mary Cable. of this place, is
visiting the Misses Mcclellan, at
Gallipolis, this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. John NJ. Adkins are
off on pleasure trip to Pittsburgh
and other cities along the Ohio this
week.
Rev. R. B. Ward is attending
Conference. at Parkerburg; Mrs.
Ward is visiting her mother. Mrs.
Metcalf, at Williamstown, w. Va.
Mrs. Byers and her grandchild,
Miss Lenore Stevens, who have
been spending the summer with the
family of T. Stribling, at this place,
left for their home at Meadville,
Pa, Tuesday.
Mrs. Rev. Horace E. Hayden and
little son, Horace, of Wilkesbarre,
Pa, are visiting the family of 7.
stribling, in this city.
Mrs. VIM. Long, of Beech Hill,
left last Thursday on visit to rela-
tives and friends at Versailles, KY,
for few weeks.
We hope it may be the pleasure
of the new management of the x. &
O. Railroad, to recall Mr.. G. NJ.
Hunt, as Train Dispatcher of the
road. For long time he held this
position on this road. until Col
Sharp got SO cranky that he could
not remain longer under him. Dur
ing all the time he was with the
road as train dispatcher not a col
lision or wreck occurred. Efficient
and careful officers is what the road
needs. 1t can't be run right with
out experienced railroad men. Hav-
ing said this much, we hope it may
be the pleasure of the new manage
ment to ;alI Mr.. G. N. Hunt to the
road. He is a gentleman well liked
and popular. He is now with the
Norfolk & Western Railroad, with
headquarters at Petersburg, Va.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-10-12

A NARROW EsoAPE.-Last Satur-
day about noon Miss Kate Van Ma
tire, of the Flats, was driving to the
train with her sister-in-law, Mrs.
w. G. Van Matre, of Washington,
D. c., and Mrs. James 4. Crum, of
Saudyville, w. Va, as they were
somewhat late she was driving very
rapidly and in making a very short
turn the buggy wheel struck a
post, upsetting it and throwing the
occupants out, but fortunately no
one was hurt. Miss Kate, however,
had presence of mind enough to
hold to the lines although the horse
made every effort to get away, but
she held her to her place until Lew.
Rayburn came to her assis-
lance and helped her loose the horse
from the buggy. They then turn
ed the buggy upright, replaced the
horse; after putting the ladies on
the train, she drove the horse to
Pomeroy. The buggy was slightly
damaged.
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Every person should subscribe

Every person should subscribe
and pay for his county paper. Not
to do SO is to exhibit lack of inter
est in local affairs and home enter
prise. A city weekly may be as
large as bed quilt, but you will
look in vain for mention of your
local and county affairs. You must
look to your county and home pa
per for this, therefore you ought to
be steady patron of it.
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=
be paid until conviction is had in
the Circuit Court of this county.
Upon application of Columbus
Withers for the establishment of a
public road in Clendenin district.
Land owners ordered summoned in
to next term
C. B. Waggcner cxonerated from
the payment of taxes enormously
assessed upon 81 900 personal prop
ertp in Point Pleasant for the year
1886.
Order entered summoning land
owners to next term of court to
show cause against establishment of
public road in Union district, run
ming from the mouth of Beech Fork
branch of Mud Lick Fork of ID mile
creek to and intersecting public
road in Putnam county line.
For reasons appearing to the
Court, it is ordered that the Sur
veyor of this county be and is here
by ordered to run the division line
between Cooper and Cologne dis
tricts, commencing at dead tree on
the Ripley and Point Pleasant road
standing on the lands of J. d. and
John McCulloch, thence by old lines
as laid down in County plat made
by Thomas G. Hogg, to point on the
Ohio river bank, and that the line
lately run between said districts be
and is hereby not adopted as the
division line. A. Wartenberg, Yves
ley Sayre and W. Ii. Howard are
hereby appointed Commissioners for
the purpose of ascertaining the true
division line. 1t is further ordered
that the said Surveyor, w. III. How
ard, obliterate all traces of the line
lately run and report his proceed
ings to this Court.
Upon petition of Love C. Wallace
and others for a road in Hannah
district; viewers report confirmed
and land owners ordered summoned
to next term.
Upon application of A. A. HanIy
and others, for change of road in
Hannah district; W. II. Hayman,
". Ii. Howard and Philip Blazer
appointed viewers.
Upon application of Chas. Harris
and others, for road in Union dis
trict; the orders made and entered
in this case on the 18th cay of July,
1856, and the 18th day of October,
1856, rescinded; and the $4,000 al
lowed J. NJ. Baker, ordered that he
refund it; and the allowance to VIM.
See, for $4,000, be recalled and the
Sheriff directed not to pay the same;
and the land owners ordered sum
moned to next term.
Upon petition of T. A Holley and
others for public road in Hannah
district; ". II. Howard, John Blake
and Philip Deffenbach appointed
viewers.
The claim of Adam Young for.
damages amounting to $4,000 for
injuries sustained by defectin county
road leading from Hartford City to
Mason City, presented and disal-
lowed.
The Surveyor of Road Precinct
No, 3, in Graham district, ordered
not to make the change in the road
beginning near residence of Thomas
Sayre on to the steep bill.
j. G. Forrest appointed a Special
Commissioner to look after the road
leading from Point Pleasant, known
as turnpike road, to Putnam county
line.
The road running through lands
of Ii. E. Pierrepont, trustee, and
through the town of Henderson, or
dered to be changed.
Thomas a. Lemaster appointed
Overseer of the Poor of Lewis dis
triet in lieu of John T. Brown. fail
ing to qualify.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-10-12

Montgomery, Hanson & Williams,
Gallipolis, have an entire change of
advertisement, announcing the ar
rival of their new fall and winter
stock. These young men are de-
serving of the patronage of our
people.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-10-12

Brosius d Co, Gallipolis, appear
in this paper, in a bran new adver-
tisement, in which they invite the
people of Point Pleasant to call and
see their immense stock of Fall and
Winter Dry Goods.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-10-12

All the piers for the bridge across
Kanawha river at this place, are
now finished, except the one in the
river, on the South side OF Kanawha,
aud it is nearing completion The
work of raising the bridge will
shortly commence.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-10-12

PLEASANT FLATS ITEMs.-The
general health of this community is
good.
Mrs. W. G. Van Matre, of Wash
ington, d. c., and Mrs. j. T. Crum,
of sandyville, West Va, were visit
ing in the Flats, last week.
A number of young folks from
this place took in the Festival at
Grange hall, in the Upper Flats, on
the evening of October LIST, which
was quite success and largely at
tended. The ladies and gantlemen
of that place deserve great credit for
their able management.
Mrs. o. III. P. Van Matre returned
Thursday evening from Millersport,
Ohio, where she has been visiting
relatives.
Madam rumor says there will be
several weddings in the Flats this
Fall, and we presume "she knows"
Mrs. James Windon and two chill
dren, left on the noon train Satur-
day. for Graham's Station, to visit
relatives.
Mrs. J, Fl. Windon, of wellston,
Ohio, arrived last Saturday and is
visiting her mother, at Graham's
Station, this week.
We are sorry to note that Miss
Minnie somerville is seriously ill at
this writing. LUCILLE.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-10-12

The people of Clarksburg adopt
ed the ordinance to issue bonds to
the amount of $4,000 to build wa
ter works by a vote that was almost
unanimous. The fire at that place
this summer taught the people a
lesson they willingly proited by.
Wonder when Point Pleasant will
get awal1end to her real condition
on the water question?
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-10-12

One hundred and thirteen years
ago Monday, the great Indian battle
of Point Pleasant was fought. This
battle is claimed by some historians
as the first battle OF the Revolution.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-10-12

Sales OF Millinery will continue
only two weeks longer at Miss
Jones.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-10-12

P. l.. Jones, of New Haven, West
Va, is stirring things up in the dry
goods business. He is offering
special bargains for the next twenty
days. He has a full stock of dry
goods, notions, boots and shoes,
which must be sold regardless of
cost. This offer is for twenty days
only. Wheat, corn, potatoes, or
any kind of produce taken in ex-
change for goods.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-10-12

Boots and Shoes in endless vari-
ETY. at very low prices at j. Fried
mand & Cos.
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Cauehf on the Fly.

Real estate is changing nanus
pretty rapidly in this place.
The schools of this place are. too
much crowded.
The Clerks offices have been
neatly painted up, inside and out.
The demand for tenement houses
in this place is still without limit.
The bucket is again off at the
court house well.
Always read the advertisements
in this paper.
Wand street needs repairing and
the sooner it is done the better.
A special term of the circuit court
Goth of this month.
Gus Jordan's Insurance Agency
is doing good business.
A building boom has certainly
struck this town.
We would be pleased to have our
delinquent patrons call and see us.
Sheriff Nease is now out on his
advertised days, collecting taxes.
There was pretty bad wreck on
the K & o., near Lock 6, last week.
The watering places and summer
resorts are now deserted.
Prof Kenny has moved into his
handsome new residence.
The Ohio wharf is badly out of
repair.
A hawk flew through Gus Jord-
ans show window Sunday.
If you want to buy an acre lot,
call on DR.. Mossman.
Pilchard seems to be running the
Ohio campaign.
The new Methodist Church is
about half way up.
Farmers are now busy preparing
THEN ground and seeding.
DR.. Campbell has sold his pair of
fine driving horses to Col. Isley, of
Philadelphia.
Let us try for natural gas? 1t is
here in abundance, ST we will only
go after it.
Parkersburg is to have a new
Democratic daily. with Geo. Basta-
bic as editor
Our mechanics arc all very busy
This season has been harvest for
them.
Maj. A. F. McCown is now in
charge of White Rock Salt Furnace
ut Minersville, Ohio
The reunion of Veterans at Mid
dleport, last week, was grand and
successful affair.
Some people think the streets are
the proper place to do their fight
ing, but they find it costly.
If the county would build more
iron bridges, it would find them
more economical in the long run.
The new road to Kingtown is
good one, but it is too marrow, and
the bitches too deep.
A German has started large
green house on Mr. Rankin Wiley's
farm.
The Kanawha Lumber and Fur
niture Company, are shipping car
load after car load of furniture.
The approaches to the railroad
bridge over the Kanawha, will be
commenced this week.
The Ohio River Railroad has put
another new locomotive on the road;
AMI it's IA daisy, too.
We are under obligations to Mr..
Joe Holloway, Deputy County Clerk
for f,vors.
Manufactures is what builds up
a town, and you can't have much of
town without them.
The hunting season commenced
Monday. 1t is now lawful to shoot
quail
Four new Utica Heaters have
been placed in the Academy. They
beat stoves all to pieces.
We again notify the authorities
that both crooked creek bridges,
near town, are pronounced danger
Gus.
County Court has adjourned, but
it transacted lots of business while
in session. Its proceedings will be
found in this paper.
Can't the County Commissioners
be prevailed upon to move back the
iron fence on Main street, on line
with the rest of the pavement.
The republicans have nice little
ring that is preparing to parcel out
the nominations. The boss is the
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-10-12

There is positively the greatest
slaughter in prices of Millinery, at
Miss Jones, ever offered.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-10-12

Messrs. J. Friedman & Co. are
growing to be the Clothing Kings
in this section of the country.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-10-12

j. Friedman & Co. IS Fall Stock is
now complete. 1t will pay you to
.ook through their line of goods.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-10-12

Elegant Bonnets offered at half
price at Miss jones.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-10-12

Jackson county, this State has
a centenarian in the person of Mrs.
Jane Bumgardner. She will be
1O1 years old next Christmas. She
draws a pension from the Govern
ment on account of her son, who
was killed during the late war. Mrs.
Bumgardner is still lively and gets
about without much assistance.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-10-12

Nothing makes J. Friedman Is
Co. more popular than their low
prices and fair and square dealing
with everybody.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-10-12

You will save 20 to % per cent.
by buying Cloaks, Dollmans and
Short Wraps at j. Friedman & Co.'S.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-10-12

Within recent weeks an amusing
story has gone the rounds of the
press, to the effect that the Americnn
Magazine was to be conducted for
the benefit of it's contributors. who
would receive stock in payment for
their literary work The paragraph
has called forth much pity for the
elitor of a magazine so managed;
wasted tears, as the story never had
any foundation and is wholly untrue.
a couple of colored ladies met on
Main street Sunday, when one said:
"Come on, Kissie; let's go down to
the Kanawha." "Oh, deah, Use al
ready gin out now: Use been all
de way from the Ferginny House to
de crooked crick bridge and back, .
said the second lady. "shoI dat's
nuthin'; Use done made two trips
to-day from de recline to de disten-
sion and back. Come on"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-10-12

Buy our Teas-the purest, best
and cheapest. Bryan & Young.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1887-11-29
PRICE FIVE CENTS.

the other cut the cords which bound our COM,
panions Then we approached the wild-eyed
being, and, after long and desperate strugt
gle, five of us were able to bind him secureIy.l
Our late captive comrades had all been cap
tured in the same manner, by this mountafn
giant, and had been lying bound in
his cave without food or drink.
We reached camp with our prisoner shortly
before daylight, and the mystery which had
awed the entire army was solved.
Next day some of the people living in the
neighborhood came to camp and identified our
captive. His name was John Hope,
and he was born and reared in
the mounains Of East Tennessee.
When the war broke out he
had family and lived in rude log cabin
near the summit of Walden's ridge. Being
loyal to the union he left homo to become
scout in the federal army, After one years
absence he returned to fine that several mem
bers of his family had been murdered, the
others driven from home and his cabin burned
to the ground by bushwhackers He became
a raving maniac and took up his abode
in the cave on the mountain.
We fell back towards Chattanooga next day
and left ear captive behind III charge of soma
of his former friends. A month later wa,
learned that he soon returned to his cave and,
was shortly afterwards killed in q fight with
his old enemy, the bushwhackers.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1887-11-29
The Oldest Church in virginia.

From the Washington STAR November 15.
The movement to restore the Old b~ick
church at Smithfeld, Va which is supposed TO be
the Oldest church in Virginia. has been successful.
and the restoration is nearly complete. This
church was built in 1852, and was occupied contin
ualy for two centuries Among other contributions
to the restoration were 1900 bricks which had
formed the walls Of the Bay church, which, though
of later date, was associated with the Old Brick
church These bricks have passed through several
hands since they were torn from the Bay church.
having served most of their time in the walls of a
farmers kitchen, while part of them stood for a
while as the walls of burying ground. Now they
strengthen the walls of the restored Old Brick
church. The roofs Just put on the restored edice
are the fourth set. The first, put on in 1852, re-
manned till 1737-105 years. in 1877 the second set
was put on and remained until about 1921 Isl years.
when new ones were substituted for them, These
remained until the present summer, when they
were removed, the church roof having fallen in
There will be 81 stained glass memorial windows in
the church. Of the side windows in the church one
will be memorial of the Indian Princess Pocahon-
tas, the first fruits Of the gospel in Virginia The
window Immediately opposite this one, on the north
side, will be memorial of the Rev. Robert Hunt,
the apostle from Christian England to heather Vir-
ginia and the one Immediately west of his will be
in memory of Colonel Josiah Parker, one Of the
Earl of Macelesheld ParkeIs, a member of Wash
ingtons staff the first member fcongress from that
district
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1887-11-29
Drifting Toward High License.

From the Montgomery Advertiser.
The fact stands out as big as a mountain that the
effect prohibition is in the nature Of a double
somersault the wrong way. Following close on the
defeat Of the anti-whisky forces in Texas and Ten
nessee and the result in Atlanta may well be taken
10 mark the high tide Of prohibition in the south.
For awhile it bid fair to sweep the south. 1t does
not look that way now. Viewing the whole field,
it seems rather that reaction has set in and that
prohibition, as a force in southern civilization viii
never be as strong as 1t was year or week ago. or
even yesterday. This may not be palatable con
cluslon 10 a great many good people, yet we think
1t is true We beleyet would be perfectly safe
now SO far rs prohibition is concerned, to build u
brewery in Montgomery. A year ago no business
man would have risked his money on the chances.
We shall not regretit If we are mistaken in our
conclusions to the present outlook Of the prohi
bition cause, but we cannot dodge the cumulative
evidence furnished by Atlanta that prohibition,
like other waves. has "ust so far and no farther"
It is likely that the great conservative temperance
sentiment that proceeds practically 10 practical
ends, will leave prohibition to the country and
drift toward high license as the best that can bc
done with mixed populations OF cities and towns.